IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA
aka EN LA CIUDAD DE SYLVIA
Year: 2007
UK: Axiom Films
Cast: Pilar López de Ayala, Xavier Lafitte, Michaël Balerdi, Laurence Cordier, Tanja Czichy, Gladys Deussner, Eric Dietrich, Charlotte Dupontm Philippe Ohrel
Director: Jose Luis Guerin
Countryies France / Spain
Language: French / Spanish (English subtitles)
UK: 84 mins
UK Certificate: PG contains mild sexualised nudity
UK Release Date: 13 March 2009 (Limited Release)
UK Distributor
BFI
Synopsis
Determined but patient, a young foreigner is spending a few summer days in Strasbourg. Relaxing and enjoying the outdoor scene, he sketches the figures of the women around him, waiting for his lost love Sylvia. Eventually one sunny afternoon, he thinks he spots her, and sets off through the city to confront his memory.
Featuring standout performances from Xavier Lafitte and Pilar López de Ayala, in Jose Luis Guerin's romantic drama that captures the youthful sense of a world filled with an almost limitless sensuality.